Overseas Vietnamese worldwide are celebrating the 2017 Lunar New Year with traditional New Year treats and art performances. 

VOV.VN - Busy holiday travel continued January 23 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi as travellers pile home for the long TET holiday.

Happy New Year, the Year of the Rooster,' he said in Vietnamese.

Most bus tickets in the central city of Danang for peak days during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year), which begins on January 26, have been sold out. This has forced some people into trying alternative ways of getting home.

Commonly believed stereotypes about the Vietnamese are simply not true... in most cases.

People across the country will enjoy warm weather during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, falling between January 26 and February 1.

A Vietnam Airlines pilot now earns US$5,100 a month after many of them threatened to quit.

Microsoft and Vietnet Information Technology and Communication Center (Vietnet-ICT) have announced a “Minecraft” coding tutorial for students and educators, created especially for the third-annual Hour of Code, a campaign to broaden global participation in computer science.

Eight community-based tourism models were honoured at the recent ASEAN tourism forum (ATF) in Singapore.

VOV.VN - Thousands of migrant workers return home for Tet (Lunar New Year Festival), causing heavy traffic jams at gateways from Ho Chi Minh City, especially highway 13.

From his Christmas vacation with his family in the Silicon Valley, Pham Duc Trung Kien, a visually impaired investor known as “the bridge builder between the US and Vietnam,” shared his thoughts with VIR regarding Vietnamese education.

Loose quality management and high prices prevent many citizens from accessing safe food as Tet (Lunar New Year) approaches.

Wealthy Vietnamese now have a new gift option during Tet holiday – rooster replicas made entirely of bronze, valued at anywhere up to one thousand dollars.

A delegation from the Vietnam-India Friendship Association (VIFA) led by Vice Chairman Ha Minh Hue recently attended the national conference of the All-India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO) in Kerala State, India.

The Ministry of Health said it will step up administrative reform and improve public services to increase the satisfaction of people and businesses in 2017.

The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Finance to allocate nearly 1,700 tonnes of rice for the central province of Quang Binh and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to support their poor residents during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Centre collected VND72 billion (US$3.2 million) in royalties last year for registered composers and songwriters, an increase of 7% over last year.  

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged authorities of Ho Chi Minh City to devise immediate and long-term solutions to the worsening traffic congestion in the city, especially during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan paid a Tet visit to medial staff and cancer patients at the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (hospital K) in Tan Trieu commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of Thanh Tri on January 23. 

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people around the world are celebrating Tet, the traditional Lunar New Year festival.

VOV.VN - The central Danang City has hosted Vietnam’s first language exchange festival to promote foreign language competency among local students and teachers.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of flower traders from western regions have flocked to the Binh Dong Pier, their boats loaded to the hilt with a vast colourful and varied assortment of spring flowers and ornamental plants for TET.

VOV.VN - There is something special about trains that evoke nostalgia around TET.  It could be the stirring of childhood memories or simply the wistfulness of coming home for the holidays, arms filled with TET packages for family and friends.

VOV.VN - Travel to Vietnam, both business and personal, rebounded last year on the back of 48% and 34% surges in inbound travellers from the Chinese and Republic of Korea markets, official statistics show.

VOV.VN - With just a few days left until the TET Lunar New Year holiday officially begins, retailers throughout the capital city of Hanoi say the peach tree selling season has already been a huge success.

Da Nang city’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre and the Vietnam Health Improvement Project (VNHIP) hosted a pre-Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration for children with HIV in Da Nang and Quang Nam province on January 22.

Devotion from doctors and hospital staff is good medicine for patients, who have to spend their Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in hospital, said Vo Van Thuong, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education.

Service fees at residential buildings in Hanoi, ranging from VND700 (US$3 cents) to VND16,500 (US$72 cents) per square metre, under the capital’s newly-issued decision are thought to be unrealistic.

More than 30 enterprises in the Binh Duong southern industrial hub participated at a job fair on January 22, seeking 20,000 workers.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has officially issued a circular to prohibit the use of cysteamine - a substance used in animal husbandry, Hoang Thanh Van, head of the ministry’s Animal Husbandry Department said.